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Reflections essays now feature in ECF:
"The Danger of Liaisons," by Jennifer Tsien
https://t.co/6IYpljapS6
ECF 30.4, Summer 2018, read now
See the abstract in the first image here:

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2018-07-17

Making Weather: Communication Networks and the Great Storm of 1703
by Sean Silver, ECF 30.4, Summer 2018
https://t.co/aLZiNxkzjG

See the article abstract in the first picture here.

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2018-07-17

Over on Drawquest (which I have now joined up) I have made a digital illustration of a Basset Hound in 18th Century clothes - fun!

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2018-07-08

On All Things Dido Elizabeth Belle's mother in plus we reveal new information about Dido's siblings.
https://t.co/0uIoE0XCIj

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2018-06-28

First - George II and Family in a Park (sketch) and second - ‘Kent’s Temple on a Mount in Richmond Gardens’

A projected conversation piece of the royal family that was never completed, and remained in studio.

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2018-06-19

HRH William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, as a Boy. (1732)

The youngest and favourite son of George II and Queen Caroline, painted in Hogarth’s nearly successful effort to gain the favour of the royal family 👸🏻🤴🏻

18thcentury

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2018-06-18

A Proposed Tax Bill Targets 27-Year-Old Spinsters...And Their Cats! https://t.co/aPQif6Aw1J'
'those women who refused offers of marriage in order to remain independent or to keep control of their own money and property.'

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2018-06-11

Happy weekend!
Left: The Rake at Oxford, or A Consultation of Physicians (sketch) which could be an abandoned first thought for the opening scene of A Rake’s Progress.

Right: The official plate 1 of A Rake’s Progress by

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2018-06-09

From the blog archives of All Things Georgian - 18th Century 'Flying Machines' https://t.co/WjppfA5mVB

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2018-06-09

Born 7Jun1757 Georgiana Cavendish, was an English socialite, style icon, author, and activist. She married William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire and garnered much attention during her lifetime. https://t.co/Hy8yjsTUlL

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2018-06-07

The Ascension Altarpiece, Triptych for St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol.

These 3 pieces depict the story of the resurrection of Christ after the crucifixion, and his ascension to heaven forty days later 🌤

Each quoting texts from the King James Bible.

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2018-06-06

Another excellent Reflections essay in ECF issue 30.3:
“The Wonders of Medicine in Literary Education”: Teaching Eighteenth-Century Hysteria, by Heather Meek
https://t.co/oB6jYEpgDO

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2018-05-18

Théroigne de Méricourt and Charlotte Vanhove: The Political Activist and the Actress https://t.co/OfOJq2vQ4l

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2018-05-15

Furry Fridays is back! 🐶

This week we feature the furry friend that is the spaniel in ‘Before’ and ‘After’ by

Protecting his owner at all times!

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2018-05-11

Stuck for something to do today?

Here is The Fishing Party - possibly Lady Sunderland and her Son John Sutton 🐟

This version was painted over a more reduced earlier piece and has been reworked many times.

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2018-04-28